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• Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot

  George Eliot George Eliot illustration|The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist George Eliot.

• Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces

  A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• New partnership between Leicester’s universities offers students chance to improve skills for less

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/pg-scholarship

  Graduates in Leicester will be able to take discounted further study at either of the city’s universities thanks to a new joint offer.

• Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-colonial-countryside/2022

  Explore the fascinating histories of Britain’s colonial houses and their links to the British Empire.

• Oral history: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/oral-history-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Oral Histories is part of the ‘These Dangerous Women’ community heritage project.

• Trump’s inauguration – protests

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.

• Research group including University of Leicester astronomers receives one of the world’s largest research prizes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/astronomers-world-largest-research-prize

  ENGRAVE group, which includes University of Leicester researchers, recognised with inaugural Into Change Award, worth DKK 8 million and awarded by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science

• UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/unescos-internet-universality-indicators/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is based on 4 principles.

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• Understanding and enacting learning outcomes: the academic’s perspective – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/10/15/secondpaper/

  The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Understanding and enacting learning outcomes: the academic's perspective.